Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

Volpe National Transportation Systems Center is a government building in City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, which is located on Binney Street. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center is situated near the fountain Galaxy: Earth Sphere, as well as near the locality Kendall Square.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: MIT Museum and TD Garden.

MIT Museum

Museum

Photo: S5A-0043, CC BY 4.0.

The MIT Museum, founded in 1971, is part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It hosts collections of holography, technology-related artworks, artificial intelligence, architecture, robotics, maritime history, and the history of MIT. MIT Museum is situated 1,300 feet south of Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.

TD Garden

Stadium

Photo: Nywalton, Public domain.

TD Garden is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located directly above the MBTA's North Station, and it replaced the original Boston Garden upon opening in 1995. TD Garden is situated 1¼ miles east of Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.

Galaxy: Earth Sphere

Fountain

Galaxy: Earth Sphere is a 1989 fountain and sculpture by Joe Davis, installed in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The artwork was designed to emit streams of low-temperature steam from time to time, but the pipes sourcing this emission have been broken for some time. Galaxy: Earth Sphere is situated 1,100 feet south of Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kendall Square and East Cambridge.

Kendall Square

Locality

Photo: Daderot, CC0.

Kendall Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The square itself is located at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway.

East Cambridge

Suburb

Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0.

East Cambridge is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. East Cambridge is bounded by the Charles River and the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston on the east, the Somerville border on the north, Broadway and Main Street on the south, and the railroad tracks on the west.

Wellington-Harrington

Suburb

Wellington-Harrington, also known as Area 3, is a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Overlapping with Inman Square and Kendall Square, it is bounded by Hampshire Street and Broadway on the southwest, the Grand Junction railroad tracks on the east, and the Somerville town line on the north.

Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

Type: Government building
Address: 220 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
Categories: government office, building, and office
Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.36537° or 42° 21′ 55″ north

Longitude

-71.08541° or 71° 5′ 8″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Levels

Open location code

87JC9W87+4R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1196985630

OpenStreetMap feature

building=government

OpenStreetMap feature

office=government

GeoNames ID

12358558

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: MIT and Harlow Square.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Blue Bikes - Biogen Idec - Binney St / Sixth St and Biogen.

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